St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
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He Gives the Hotel Proprietor
Lively Turning Over Once More.


He Gives the Hotel Proprietor
Lively Turning Over Once More.
/ may be off somewhat, but it can
make little difference whether it is
ScOtty or Scottie. The solution of the
veXed question is none the less an in
tricate problem to the hotel man, either
through stupidity or a determination to
wrong his best friend, the man whose
patronage puts food in the mouths of
him and his family and raiment upon
their backs. To the travelling man it is
neither cOnundrum or an arithmetical
problem, but one of pure cussednesS.
All hotels are not of this class, and the
proprietOrs of the good hotels, which
are not a few. are as much interested in
seeing the evil. the fraud. corrected, as
are the travelling men. The landlord
who keeps his house clean and neat,
furnishes good. clean, wholesome food,
and TO the best of his ability admins
tiers TO the daily wants and
comforts Of his guests demanding only
equitable remuneration always has
warm place in the heart of the CONNER
cial traveller, and needs 10 newspaper
adj. to secure just patronage. To that
class we always tie too, and never miss
the opportunity of a good word. | go to
hotel of that class. register, go about
my regular work, knowing that such as
is my due in the way of Accommodations,
prior ones first, Will be assigned me.
The proprietor or clerk comes to me,
says: ANTE. we are full: would you
object to taking double room with an
other party?'
Certainly not, if he is a commercial
traveller and gentleman Or they
may say, Il am sorry to give you the
room assigned, but it is the last one. and
if you remain over another day. will
kick unless [ do Anything TO oblige
good landlord, who keeps a good house,
and not single word Of complaint. l
could name good many hotels, and
should l come there when they were
crowded. the clerk or proprietor would
come to me in the fullest confidence. the
allotting of less cOmmOdiOuS quar-
tiers would be all o. K, and
l should have no i'll word
for him, or his house. How can we get
rid of the barnacleS? Roast, burn or
dump them into Salt creek; anything to
get rid of them. The latter would be
an imposition upon the salt for it is the
only good thing they serve, as rule,
and sometimes it is short ration. To
think OF single day upon salt. Great
Scott
Letus turn our thoughts from one
unpleasant subject to another. AS we
are daily trying to flee from the one
how often do we encounter the other
administration and want" We see it
in all its manifold forms. The inebriate
father, the poor, helpless mother, inno-
cent and defenSeless children. Those
brought low and to want through mis-
fortune and sickness. AS we meet it
let us pause for a moment and see if
there is not some kind act we can do,
some word or action, TO relieve the OPP
pressed and sOOthe theIsOrrOwing heart.
As we are jOurneying through life, pur-
suing our regular callings, can we not
turn aside and by little things do good
work for suffering humanity? Perhaps
no other one class has the opportunities
of observation. or is Oftener brought in
contact with these things, than the COM
mercial traveller, and surely no class
could accomplish or do more good than
we, if our thought but once turned into
the right channel, and concerted action
taken. Think what an army we are,
and how great an influence for good, OF
for evil, we can exert.
Among ourselves very few years
have seen the personnel largely bet
tered, and why not? Not because men
are very much better of late years, but
because the lessons taught by ObSeTva-
ton have done their work. 1t is not the
good we might do in pecuniary way,
for many of us have all the cares of that
kind it is possible to administer tO.SOme
even more. but it is the good we might
do by precept and example. No man is
without some influence, and it being
susceptible of cultivation, great good
could be accomplished. Is it worthy of
consideration? Very often the CONNER
cial traveller may be seen doing some
charitable act, and all unconscious to
the craft the end of a twelve months has
seen much of good done. | present
these deSultOry ideas to draw out line
of expression from the craft and not be-
cause of a belief its members are not as
men performing their duties in that re-
Spect. The next few weeks. no doubt,
will see more of the boys at home,
around their own fireSideS, mingling
with those who are dearer than all else
to them. May the season be joyous
one and long drawn out. To him who
is always at nome. never away, no Just
conception can be taken of the pleasure
and delight of the commercial traveller
who is permitted to spend two or three
weeks at home during the Christmas
time. Then what a pleasure it is to
the little prattling ones, and even those
who have Older grown cannot repreSS
the JOY of fathers return.
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